SCHEME OF EXAMINATION FOR B.Sc. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (VOCATIONAL) SEMESTER SYSTEM Scheme for B.Sc.-II (Vocational) w.e.f. 2014-2015 Sr. No. Paper Internal External Marks Exam Duration Assessment SEMESTER - III 1 Paper-I: Web 10 40 3 hrs. Designing Fundamentals 2 Paper-II: Data base 10 40 3 hrs. management Systems Semester IV 3 Paper-I: Web 10 40 3 hrs. Designing using Advanced tools 4 Paper-II: Programming 10 40 3 hrs. in Visual Basic 5 Practical: Morning Session: (Web Designing) Evening Session: (Visual Basic) 100 6 hrs. (Two Sessions) Morning and Evening Total (Semester III and IV) 40 260 Internal assessment will be based on the following criteria: 1. Two Handwritten Assignments : 5 marks (Ist Assignment after one month & IInd Assignment after two months) 2. One Class Test : 2.5 marks (One period duration) 3. Attendance : 2.5 marks NOTE : Practical exam will be conducted annually in two sessions. However the workload will be distributed in both the semesters according to the relevant papers.
Semester III : Paper I Web DESIGNING Fundamentals questions in all, selecting one question from each unit in addition to Introduction to Internet and World Wide Web; Evolution and History of World Wide Web; Basic features; Web Browsers; Web Servers; Hypertext Transfer Protocol; URLs; Searching and Web-Casting Techniques; Search Engines and Search Tools. I Web Publishing: Hosting your Site; Internet Service Provider; Planning and designing your Web Site; Steps for developing your Site; Choosing the contents; Home Page; Domain Names; Creating a Website and the Markup Languages (HTML, DHTML). II Web Development: Introduction to HTML; Hypertext and HTML; HTML Document Features; HTML command Tags; Creating Links; Headers; Text styles; Text Structuring; Text colors and Background; Formatting text; Page layouts. V Images; Ordered and Unordered lists; Inserting Graphics; Table Creation and Layouts; Frame Creation and Layouts; Working with Forms and Menus; Working with Radio Buttons; Check Boxes; Text Boxes. 1. Raj Kamal, Internet and Web Technologies, Tata McGraw-Hill. 2. Ramesh Bangia, Multimedia and Web Technology, Firewall Media. REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Thomas A. Powell, Web Design: The Complete Reference, 4/e, Tata McGraw-Hill 2. Wendy Willard, HTML Beginners Guide, Tata McGraw-Hill. 3. Deitel and Goldberg, Internet and World Wide Web, How to Program, PHI.
Paper-II DATABASE Management SYSTEM questions in all, selecting one question from each unit in addition to Basic Concepts Data, Information, Records and files. Traditional file based Systems-File Based Approach-Limitations of File Based Approach, Database Approach-Characteristics of Database Approach, Database Management System (DBMS), Components of DBMS Environment, DBMS Functions and Components, Advantages and Disadvantages of DBMS, Roles in the Database Environment - Data and Database Administrator, Database Designers, Applications Developers and Users. I Database System Architecture Three Levels of Architecture, External, Conceptual and Internal Levels, Schemas, Mappings and Instances, Data Independence Logical and Physical Data Independence, Classification of Database Management System, Centralized and Client Server architecture to DBMS. II Data Models: Records- based Data Models, Object-based Data Models, Physical Data Models and Conceptual Modeling, Entity-Relationship Model Entity Types, Entity Sets, Attributes Relationship Types, Relationship Instances and ER Diagrams. V Relational Data Model:-Brief History, Terminology in Relational Data Structure, Relations, Properties of Relations, Keys, Domains, Integrity Constraints over Relations, Base Tables and Views, Basic Concepts of Hierarchical and Network Data Model. 1. Elmasri&Navathe, Fundamentals of Database Systems, 5th edition, Pearson Education. REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Thomas Connolly Carolyn Begg, Database Systems, 3/e, Pearson Education 2. C. J. Date, An Introduction to Database Systems, 8 th edition, Addison Wesley N. Delhi.
Semester IV : Paper-I Web DESIGNING Using Advanced Tools questions in all, selecting one question from each unit in adition to Introduction to DHTML and its features; Events; Cascading Style Sheets: Creating Style Sheets; Common Tasks with CSS: Text, Fonts, Margins, Links, Tables, Colors; Marquee; Mouseovers; Filters and Transitions; Adding Links; Adding Tables; Adding Forms; Adding Image and Sound; I Extensible Mark-up Language(XML): Introduction; Features; XML Support and Usage; Structure of XML Documents; Structures in XML;Creating Document Type Declarations; Flow Objects; Working with Text andfont; Color and Background properties; II Java Script Introduction, Variables in Java Script, Control Statements, Operators in Java Script, Pop-ups, Functions in Java Script, Forms V Events and Event Handling, Exception Handling, Introduction to Java Script Objects, Java Script Build-in objects, Java Server Pages 1. Internet and Web Technologies, Raj Kamal, Tata McGraw-Hill. 2. Multimedia and Web Technology, Ramesh Bangia, Firewall Media. 3. Internet and Web Design, ITLESL Research and Development Wing, Macmillan India. REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Web Design: The Complete Reference, 4/e, Thomas A. Powell, Tata McGraw-Hill 2. Internet and World Wide Web, How to Program, Deitel and Goldberg, PHI. 3. Robert Sebesta, Web Programming, Pearson Education.
Semester IV : Paper-II PROGRAMMING IN VISUAL BASIC questions in all, selecting one question from each unit in addition to Introduction to VB: Visual & non-visual programming, Procedural, Objectoriented and event-driven programming languages, The VB environment: Menu bar, Toolbar, Project explorer, Toolbox, Properties window, Form designer, Form layout, Immediate window. Visual Development and Event Driven programming. I Basics of Programming: Variables: Declaring variables, Types of variables, Converting variables types, User-defined data types, Forcing variable declaration, Scope & lifetime of variables. Constants: Named & intrinsic. Operators: Arithmetic, Relational & Logical operators. I/O in VB: Various controls for I/O in VB, Message box, Input Box, Print statement. II Programming with VB: Decisions and conditions: If statement, If-then-else, Select-case. Looping statements: Do-loops, For-next, While-wend, Exit statement. Nested control structures. Arrays: Declaring and using arrays, one-dimensional and multi-dimensional arrays, Static & dynamic arrays, Arrays of array. Collections: Adding, Removing, Counting, Returning items in a collection, Processing a collection. V Programming with VB: Procedures: General & event procedures, Subroutines, Functions, Calling procedures, Arguments- passing mechanisms, Optional arguments, Named arguments, Functions returning custom data types, Functions returning arrays, Simple programs in VB. 1. Steven Holzner, Visual Basic 6 Programming: Black Book, Dreamtech Press. 2. EvangelosPetroutsos. Mastering Visual Baisc 6, BPB Publications. 3. Julia Case Bradley & Anita C. Millspaugh, Programming in Visual Basic 6.0, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition
REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. Michael Halvorson, Step by Step Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional, PHI 2. Visual basic 6 Complete, BPB Publications. 3. Scott Warner, Teach Yourself Visual basic 6, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition 4. Brian Siler and Jeff Spotts, Using Visual Basic 6, Special Edition, PHI.